Overview
- Fire crews were dispatched around 6:30 a.m. to the 700 block of West 34th Street in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood.
- Responders found a two-story mixed-use building fully involved in flames that officials said was unoccupied.
- Officials identified the ground floor as Falkenhan’s Hardware and said the second floor might have been an apartment.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze at about 7:50 a.m. and declared the scene under control with no reported injuries.
- The cause remains under investigation as neighbors note the store’s longstanding role in the holiday lights tradition and voice support for its owner.